#polyborinae

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Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

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Caracara (Caracarinae) subfamily

Which is the best bird?

White-throated caracara

Chimango caracara

Black caracara

Striated caracara

Red-throated caracara

Mountain caracara

Yellow-headed caracara

Carunculated caracara

Crested caracara

Voting ended onOct 18, 2025

This subfamily contains just nine extant species in five genera (Daptrius, Ibycter, Phalcoboenus, Caracara, and Milvago).

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[2750/11080] Crested caracara - Caracara plancus

Order: Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras) Family: Falconidae Subfamily: Polyborinae (caracaras)

Photo credit: Connor Cochrane via Macaulay Library

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[2344/11080] Chimango caracara - Milvago chimango

Note: Clements places this bird in the genus Daptrius.

Order: Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras) Family: Falconidae Subfamily: Polyborinae (caracaras)

Photo credit: Mason Maron via Macaulay Library

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[2103/11056] Carunculated caracara - Phalcoboenus carunculatus

Note: Clements places this species in the genus Daptrius.

Order: Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras) Family: Falconidae Subfamily: Polyborinae (caracaras)

Photo credit: Allison Miller via Macaulay Library

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Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango)

...a species of Caracara (Polyborinae) which occurs in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Chimango caracaras typically inhabit subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, Patagonian steppe, and heavily degraded former forests. Like other caracaras Milvago chimango is omnivorous and will feed on reptiles, amphibians, other small animals and carrion. 

Classification

Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Falconiformes-Falconidae-Polyborinae-Milvago-M. chimango

Images: E. Schreurs and Cláudio Dias Timm